[nagdu] [Fwd: Dusty's Law Advocacy Update & Time to ContactLegislators]

Fri Sep 14 12:03:24 UTC 2012

Dusty's Law is legislation New Jersey NAGDU is working on with The Seeing
Eye.
You may remember that, a year or two ago, a Seeing Eye puppy being raised
by Roger Woodower was attacked and almost killed by a dog that came
charging out of someone's house.  The puppy is named Dusty.  Roger lost a
finger, trying to protect the puppy. Dusty had to be dropped from becoming
a guide dog, because he became very fearful of other dogs.
The law would create criminal penalties for allowing a dog to attack a
guide dog or guide dog in training.  It would make it possible for the
police to get involved, if there was an attack.
I'm not sure if the law covers interference too, or just attacks.
Tracy

> What is Dusty's law?
>
> Lyn and Landon
> "Education creates tolerance towards diversity."
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Tracy Carcione
>   To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>   Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 6:45 AM
>   Subject: [nagdu] [Fwd: Dusty's Law Advocacy Update & Time to
> ContactLegislators]
>
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>   ---------------------------- Original Message
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>   Subject: Dusty's Law Advocacy Update & Time to Contact Legislators
>   From:    "Vincent Chaney Jr." <vgc732 at optonline.net>
>   Date:    Tue, September 11, 2012 2:18 am
>   To:      "Vincent Chaney Jr" <vgc732 at optonline.net>
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>
>   Important Notice!  Need action!
>
>   Please review the following email as the information highlights the
> purpose,
>   goal and objective of our involvement to move Dusty's Law into action
> and to
>   get the information through committee.
>
>   Please share this information with others as your voice is powerful and
> many
>   voices have the power to "get it done."
>
>   All voices are needed.
>
>   Forward to family members, contact your vet's office staff and others in
>   your address book.
>
>
>
>   Please contact Lynn with your updates and any information you receive
> when
>   you call and or email your New Jersey legislators.
>
>   The following information is provided.
>
>
>
>   From the desk of Vincent G Chaney Jr, President, New Jersey Association
> of
>   Guide Dog Users (NJAGDU):
>
>
>
>   I am writing a follow-up message to update everyone on the progress of
> our
>   support of Dusty's Law...
>
>   The Senate and Assembly are returning from their time away in their
> offices
>   and vacations during the summer 2012. The Senate will be holding its
> first
>   quorum this Wednesday, September 13, which is when all committees will
> be
>   meeting. This is where the S.1907 bill will have the opportunity to be
> up
>   for a hearing in the Law and Public Safety Committee. The Assembly will
> be
>   reconvening similarly soon and have their quorums as well. If you have
> not
>   called or written to your legislators, now is the time to advocate with
> us
>   on this bill.  If you have written or called, thank you. If you have not
>   received a response as to your representative positively supporting the
>   bill, please contact them again and urge their support.
>
>   I am including the information to contact each of our state Senators and
>   Assemblypersons.
>
>
>
>   We, the New Jersey Association of Guide Dog Users, support Assembly
> A.2728
>   and Senate S.1907, designated as "Dusty's Law". We request all NFBNJ
>   members, family, friends and New Jersey citizens to advocate for these
> bills
>   to become law by contacting their Senators and two (2) Assembly-Persons
>   today.  Please let your legislators know you support the bills,
> Assembly,
>   A.2728 and Senate S.1907, and you are asking them to become a sponsor or
>   co-sponsor.  Please share this message with anyone without email to open
>   this call to everyone.
>
>
>
>   Should you not know who your Assembly-Persons or Senator are, you could
> do
>   one of the following to obtain their name, phone number and email
> address:
>
>                   1. Call the Office of Legislative Services
>
>                      Office of Public Information
>
>                      Phone:      609-847-3905
>
>                      Toll Free: 800-792-8630
>
>                                   2. Contact your local library
>
>                   3. Call your Town Hall
>
>                   4. Click on the link:
>   http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/districtnumbers.asp
>
>                                   On this page, look for your city/town by
>   browsing through the District list or use a screen reader "find" to
> search
>   for your town.
>
>                                   The link above the list of towns within
> a
>   district gives Senator and Assembly-Person names, phone numbers,
> address,
>   etc. The link below the towns gives professional background information
> of
>   each representative.
>
>   If this step (4) was not working for you, you may wish to click on the
> next
>   link. This will break down the towns and cities further. When you click
> on
>   your town though, it will bring you back to the point of the above step
> (4),
>   but you will know where your town/city would be included as you will be
>   focused in your appropriate district.
>
>   To determine your district number by the Municipality (town or city
> name) if
>   you had a problem:
>
>   http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/municipalities.asp#O
>
>
>
>   I have included copies of the sample letters to update and email to your
>   legislators.
>
>
>
>   Thank you for supporting the New Jersey Guide Dog Users of today and the
>   guide dog users of tomorrow.
>
>
>
>   Vinny
>
>   Vincent G Chaney Jr
>
>   732-251-8650
>
>   President, NFBNJ New Jersey Association of Guide Dog Users
>
>   President, NFBNJ Diabetes Division
>
>   Vice President, NFBNJ Technology Division
>
>   Webmaster: nfbnj.org http://www.nfbnj.org <http://www.nfbnj.org/>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
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